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Having trouble making manga character’s pleated skirts look good? You can solve it with three things you probably have within arm’s reach.
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Pressured to review outdated prohibitions, an entire prefecture says goodbye to “relics of the past”.
In a year like no other, school insists on enforcing same old dress code even while temperature in classrooms is anything but normal.
Lookalike uniforms imitate schools across the nation, from Tokyo to Kyushu.
Obvious homage lets your pet dress up like a members of the anime’s cast other than its mentor cats.
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Brand-new middle school to let students of any gender wear whatever uniform components they feel comfortable in out of consideration to LGBT youths.
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